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TT: Re: Tree Quarantine in New York
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> From: Thomas W. Kimmerer <tkimmer@pop.uky.edu>
> To: Community_Forestry (E-mail) <TreeTown@Majordomo.Flora.Com>
> Subject: TT: Tree Quarantine in New York
> Date: Tuesday, November 18, 1997 3:13 PM
> I understand the longhorn beetle has an affinity for Acer spp. Perhaps
this is the
answer to A. platanoides 'Crimson King' .
Craig
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> APHIS, the health inspection service of the USDA, is preparing to
quarantine the movement of trees and tree parts in the New York City area,
in an effort to control the spread of the Asian longhorn beetle,
Anoplophora glabripennis Motschulsky.
>
> More information can be obtained from the Tree News section of the
TreeWeb, at:
> http://quercus.uky.edu/treeweb/treenews.htm
>
>
> I will add more information as it comes in. The quarantine becomes
effective December 15. Does anyone in the NYC area know any more details?
>
>
> Tom Kimmerer
> Forest Biologist
> University of Kentucky
> 105 TP Cooper Bldg
> Lexington KY 40546
> Ph (606)257-1824
> Fax (606)323-1031
> tkimmer@pop.uky.edu
> Visit the TreeWeb at http://quercus.uky.edu
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